Takeru Kobayashi - The Greatest Competitive Eater of all time (new vids)

[Uncool]

Nagano, Japan
Age: 27
Weight: 160

• Brats: 58 Johnsonville Brats / Brat Days / 10 Minutes/ Aug. 5, 2006
• Cow Brains: 57 (17.7 pounds) / 15 minutes
• Hamburgers: Krystals: 97 Krystal Burgers / 8 minutes/October 28, 2006
• Hot Dogs: 53 3/4 Nathan's Famous Hot Dogs and buns / 12 minutes/ July 4, 2006
• Rice Balls: 20 pounds rice balls / 30 minutes

Kobayashi continued to dominate the sport of competitice eating in 2005, once again obiliterating the competition in Coney Island by eating 49 hot dogs in 12 minutes. This was his fifth consecutive win at the big dance. However, newcomer Joey Chestnut recently challenged Kobayashi, leading him during the first seven minutes of the eight-minute Krystal hamburger contest. Kobayashi overcame the deficit in the final minute to defeat Chestnut, 67 Krystals to 62, and once again relish victory.

http://www.ifoce.com/eaters.php?action=detail&sn=22



Check out this man's accomplishments in the eating World:

Part I.
Breaking his older record Kobayashi is victorious once more:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=24zwOol_EXg

Bidding of what one could handle and see the end result:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qvtZ963uQXI

This is a funny DBZ reference:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BzTPJHJjAWM

Part II.
Here is some fierce competition from other eaters in Japan.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=van2s5hSLSU

Here is both parts of the Krystal hamburger comp:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5ZxZi8jvSb0

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kvgBjbL2gX8

And this is the ridiculous matchup between the Alaskan Kodiac Bear:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HgqbCq_sxmo

Lobster rolls nuff said:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_7PdZfsGXZ8

[RedOrb_Collector]

lol that belt looks cheap as hell...

[Uncool]

Its the Mustard Belt, it holds that you are the top eater in the world.

[LaOMaN]

i saw one of his compitition. man he dominated

[softtack]

57 cow brains? He can have that record, I don't mind. I can't imagine what kind havoc all this "competitive eating" is wreaking on his internal organs.

[Eric]

Sweet... He can eat a lot. Phfffff..... competition these days is getting more and more ridiculous.

[Uncool]

If done right, the body can compete in this sport givin the fact that you have a healthy diet, regular excerise, and no the anatomy and physiology of your own body. Takeru knows this so he know's what pain threshold both mental and physical limits he can take. More so he has ganstroposis which gives him an advantage to the bigger guys here in the US.

Training and techniques

Kobayashi expands his stomach for a competition by eating larger and larger amounts of food, and then exercises to ensure that fat will not impede expansion of his stomach during a competition.[9] According to a 2006 episode of MTV's documentary series True Life, Kobayashi has a condition called gastroptosis, an abnormal downward displacement of the stomach. It plays a role in his eating ability because his stomach is able to expand below the rib cage unlike most people, allowing him to take in large portions of food.

Physically Kobayashi has undergone drastic change from his earlier appearances on the competitive eating circuit (weighing in at a mere 110 pounds in his beginning competitions and then 144 pounds in later events.) This is due in large part to his more recent endeavors in weight training. By training with weights and working out, Kobayashi has increased his metabolism, which in turn has helped him to burn more calories. This training is used by Kobayashi to maintain his overall health as well as helping him to elude excess calories from being stored as fat. Kobayashi's official Web site gives his height as 173 cm (5 ft 7 in) and his weight as 75 kg (165 lb), but in a June 29, 2006, entry on his blog, he says that his weight grew to over 196 pounds during 2006, still being under 10 percent body fat.

Kobayashi is also known for his trademark body wiggle, affectionately known as the Kobayashi Shake, which he uses to force food down his esophagus and settle more compactly in his stomach.[10] He eats the hot dogs by splitting the frankfurter in half, swallowing both parts at once, and then dipping the buns in water, Sprite, or 7-Up and stuffing it in his mouth. He calls this the Solomon method.[11]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Takeru_Kobayashi

[Theft]

I don't care, those records are impressive and he seems really smart being able to take care of himself like he does. Keep going Takeru!

[ImSiCkOfYoU]

i saw him in the hot dog eating competion here in brooklyn i have a few pics

[Uncool]

Sure I'm more than happy to see him.

[softtack]

The American competitors have the idea that they can win simply because they are big. It's interesting when these tiny Japanese guys use mental capacity rather than gut capacity to dominate these eating competitions.

...which he uses to force food down his esophagus and settle more compactly in his stomach.[10] He eats the hot dogs by splitting the frankfurter in half, swallowing both parts at once, and then dipping the buns in water, Sprite, or 7-Up and stuffing it in his mouth. He calls this the Solomon method.

I think I just felt some food come up my esophagus...

[ImSiCkOfYoU]

the competion last was really close he almost lost

[Uncool]

the competion last was really close he almost lost

Joey Chestnut is his arch nemesis for the moment. Now Japan's best goes against America's best.D

The American competitors have the idea that they can win simply because they are big. It's interesting when these tiny Japanese guys use mental capacity rather than gut capacity to dominate these eating competitions.


I think I just felt some food come up my esophagus...

Very true, know the mechanics of your body first and then apply them to how one could compete in a sport like competitive eating.

[Theft]

The American competitors have the idea that they can win simply because they are big. It's interesting when these tiny Japanese guys use mental capacity rather than gut capacity to dominate these eating competitions.


I think I just felt some food come up my esophagus...

Sounds so good. Actually not really, but you do what you got to do. lol

[Cyrann]

HE is a pimp at eating, wish I could do that and not get fat!

[Naxi]

I would go to one of these contests.Don't care about winning, atleast i get a nice free meal.

[Uncool]

I love the idea of anything that involves free food. In any case here are some updated vids.

[Makarov]

I've seen some of his competitions and his training videos. He has this disease that makes his stomach like 3 times the size of a normal persons...lol. Crazy lil muscled up japanese guy...lol.

[Uncool]

Yeah he is pretty insane with the pace he is going and his world renouned Solomon method type of eating.

[Makarov]

He is one strong little guy though. I've seen his work out routine...its pretty crazy.
And he goes straight back to eatin. Packin it all in right when hes done too.

[Uncool]

He now's how to make his body as healthy as it is through making it efficient specifically for food fighting. he has no other job but this.

[Makarov]

I just read about how much that food weighs that he put in his system...
20 pounds of rice balls...lol. Just imagine gainin 20 pounds in like 15mins and tryin to walk around right after you ate that much. Thats makes me sick, lol.

[Uncool]

I just read about how much that food weighs that he put in his system...
20 pounds of rice balls...lol. Just imagine gainin 20 pounds in like 15mins and tryin to walk around right after you ate that much. Thats makes me sick, lol.

Or a pregnant man with the belly to show for it. The thing is though, once you eat something and let it settle in, you tend to smell similar to the food you just ate ie the stench from fast food linger after chopping on some afterwards.

[Makarov]

Oh yeah. I remember that...he ate hot dogs for a competition and he started talkin about how he smelled like hot dogs. Thats weird, lol. I must smell like ham and cheese hot pockets...:/

[Uncool]

Oh yeah. I remember that...he ate hot dogs for a competition and he started talkin about how he smelled like hot dogs. Thats weird, lol. I must smell like ham and cheese hot pockets...:/

I don't even want to know my smell after eating some cancer inducing bacon or gaseous rancid stench of the almighty burrito.